Single-car crash in Naples leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt

NAPLES, Maine (AP) — The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office say one person was killed and another was injured in a single-car crash in Naples.

It happened around 11 p.m. Friday. Sheriff's officials say the car failed to negotiate a curve on Harrison Road and struck a tree at a high rate of speed.

The driver, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, who was wearing a seatbelt, was partially ejected from the vehicle but had to be extricated. He was flown to Central Maine Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Neither person's name was released.

The crash remains under investigation. Sheriff's officials say a preliminary investigation has found that speed, but not alcohol, was a factor in the crash.

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